as you might know from working in an environment where empty threats are common place, you start to lack respect for the people making said empty threats. you start to talk about them and dismiss what they say. the same holds true for you as the boss in the family. if you are going to threaten to discipline your children, you better follow through with it.
a friend of mine called me the other day and asked me-”how do you make your kids clean up?”
i explained the frothing-at-the-mouth-scream technique followed by a karate chop to the forehead.(works every time) but i said to him-”did you threaten to take away a possession or privilege?”
to which he replied-”yeah, but they know i wont do it.”
i hung up on him.
the bottom line is that you cant make a threat and not follow through with it. it might work with one of those former girlfriends back in the day, but you kids are smarter than that.

When your wife is about 3 months pregnant, you will need to go furniture shopping to look for the most comfortable couch you can find. When your wife is about 7 months pregnant, this will become your bed 90% of the time. It is not because she makes you sleep there but because she has to wake up so many times to pee that you will find it hard to get back to sleep. That, along with the fact that you might find that your snoring or heavy breathing…or just your presence in the bed might be brought to your attention in the middle of the night by your spouse. So, to avoid an angry morning at breakfast, you would be smart to just leave the room and not provoke an argument at 2AM.

Most dads don’t want to change the poppy diaper…they dread it.  If you have a problem with changing a “filled” diaper,  keep a jar of Vick’s Vapor Rub next to the changing table and put a dab under your nose before you start changing and you will smell nothing at all except the Vapor Rub.  Plus you will get all the credit for changing the nasty diapers.

The point of this blog is to help fathers understand and make sense out of being a dad. We will be providing insight to how a dad should handle the struggles of parenting, provide helpful hints and make light of the fact that most wives believe we are ill-equipped to assume the full responsibility of raising a child. A father’s prospective on life, marriage and parenting is drastically different from the sites and blogs out there for parenting. Let’s face it, they are catered to stay at home moms and most of us can’t relate. We will be covering such topics as changing diapers without vomiting, reasoning with a 4 year old, and not wanting to stick your head in the oven after a long day of work.